Bentley Bentayga MOT Pass Rate & Official DVSA Failure Statistics

Bentley Bentayga MOT History and Failure Rates vs UK National Average

The Bentley Bentayga passed on its first attempt in 95.9%, and its overall record sits +15.1 percentage points above the national average for all cars. These figures come from every recorded DVSA MOT test for the Bentley Bentayga in the 2023–2025 data: 7,582 tests across 7 model years (2016–2022). A test still carries exactly one pass or fail verdict.

Figures are computed from every recorded DVSA test for this model in the 2023–2025 data.

Most Common Bentley Bentayga MOT Problems by Failure Category

Every MOT failure a tester records belongs to one inspection section of the DVSA manual. For the Bentley Bentayga, the Tyres section leads the record — the breakdown below shows where the recorded failures cluster, then the exact strings behind the three biggest sections.

Shares are over the Bentley Bentayga's recorded defect strings, merged across its year pages.

Top Recorded Bentley Bentayga DVSA MOT Test Statistics & Defect Descriptions

The descriptions below are the exact DVSA failure strings testers recorded most often for the Bentley Bentayga, each with how many of the model's 7,582 tests it was noted on.

• "Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords" (Major) — noted on about 89 Bentley Bentayga tests, 1.2% of the model's MOT record.
• "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view" (Minor) — noted on about 88 Bentley Bentayga tests, 1.2% of the model's MOT record.
• "Registration plates does not conform to the specified requirements" (Major) — noted on about 30 Bentley Bentayga tests, 0.4% of the model's MOT record.
• "Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction" (Major) — noted on about 22 Bentley Bentayga tests, 0.3% of the model's MOT record.
• "Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure" (Major) — noted on about 20 Bentley Bentayga tests, 0.3% of the model's MOT record.
• "Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn" (Major) — noted on about 19 Bentley Bentayga tests, 0.3% of the model's MOT record.

Best and Worst Bentley Bentayga Model Years by Pass Rate

The strongest Bentley Bentayga model year on record is 2021 (96.8% across 774 tests), and the weakest is 2016 (94.9%). The gap between them is 1.9 points. Years with fewer than 50 recorded tests are excluded, so these are the years with enough MOT history to mean something.

Newest model year first. Only years with at least 50 recorded tests are listed.

Pre-MOT Inspection Checklist for Bentley Bentayga Owners

These checks follow this Bentley Bentayga's own most-recorded failure strings, starting with what a tester is most likely to flag on a Bentley Bentayga.

• the windscreen — “windscreen damaged”

  Check the driver’s side of the screen within the swept area for chips and cracks; anything larger than 10mm in the driver’s central view is a fail. Most chips can be resin-repaired for far less than a new screen.

• the number plates — “registration plates does not conform to the specified requirements”

  Check both plates are present, legible and correctly spaced, with the postcode of the supplier and the BS AU 145e mark. A private plate in the wrong style is a fail before the car is even looked at.

• the lights — “malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction”

  Switch everything on and walk round the car: both headlamps on dip and main, every indicator, both brake lights, reverse, fog and the two number-plate lamps. A bulb is a few pounds and a five-minute job.

Derived from the DVSA failure strings testers recorded for the Bentley Bentayga. A check that finds nothing means the item is likely fine, not that the test is guaranteed.

Where the Bentley Bentayga is most common

Across every Bentayga model year on record (2016–2022): 4,724 Bentley Bentayga cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 7,580 tests. Warrington (WA) has the most, with 281 cars tested there. Cars are counted by the postcode area of the MOT station, so this is where they were tested, not necessarily where their owners live.

The twenty areas with the most Bentley Bentayga cars in the record, sorted by car count — sort the columns for a different question. Cars tested at a station whose postcode area could not be resolved are counted in the model's total but in no area, so the shares add up to slightly under 100% even across every area, and an area's cars are a subset of the model's. Pass rate is blank below 30 tests in an area, where a percentage is noise rather than a finding. How this model's pass rate varies by postcode →

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